Folding shelf for ironing machines



June 2, 1925.

M. E. PORTER FOLDING SHELF FOR IRONING MACHINES Filed July 24. 1924Patented June 2, 1925.

MARY E. PORTER, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

FOLDING SHELF FOR IRONING MACHINES.

Application me July 24,

' To all whom it may concern:

berfor laundering purposes, the upper surface of the table beingdisposed in substantially the same horizontal plane as the upper face ofthe feed roller whilethe heated ironing member is preferably located; atthe rear of tlhe roller for pressing cooperation therewit Y In machinesof this character, there is always more or less liability of the workbecoming wound around and upon the feed roll unless stripped from theunderside thereof before returning upwardly along the front side of theroller toward the feed" table, and inasmuch as no suitable means as yethas beenprovided for properly stripping the work from the roller, itbecomes necessary for the operator to stop the machine, reverse theroller and unwind the articles therefrom and when all parts of the tableare secured in a fixed -position relatively to the feed roller, thisstripping operation is extremely difficult and somewhat dangerous.

The main object of mypresent invention is to divide the tabletransversely and diagonally some distance from one end and to leave thatend free so that it maybe displaced for convenient access to the rollersfor stripping the work therefrom, particularly when ironing thin fiatwork which is more liable to adhere to the roller and to become woundthereon, than the heavier fabrics be-' cause the latter are more liableto fall from the underside of the roller by their own weight.

In other words, I have sought to make the table in sectionsdividedtransversely along a 1924. er1a1 No. 727,983.

7 wardly away from thefeed roller to permit access to the major portionof said roller for ironii g the thin fiat articles thereon against theheated pressure member thus permitting the operator to observe theaction of the work on the roller and to readily strip the samefromtheroller in case it should tend to wind thereon.

Other objects and uses relating tospecific parts of the device will bebrought out in the following description. 7

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing machineequipped with my improved folding shelf, the dotted lines indicatingportions of the movable section of the valve adjusted to differentpositions from its normal positionshown by full line.

Figure 2 is atop plan of the detached shelf, the clotted linesindicating the positionof the movable section when unfolded.

As illustrated, this machine comprises a main supporting frame 1-'-, afeed roller --2 journaled on the frame and an ironing block -3 togetherwith a feeding table which is also mounted upon the mam supporting frame--1 in a manner hereinafter described. Y

The heating drum orironing block -3- is preferably stationary and isprovided with a concave face lying adjacent the rear face of the feedroller -2- for cooperation therewith in smoothin and ironing thearticles as they are fe rearwardly by the upper part of the roller.

Any suitable means may be employed for heating the member 3 which ispreferably hollow and for this pur ose is provided a pipe 5- adapted tohe connected to any source of heating fluid such assteam" or as.-

'1 e feeding table 4 constitutes the essential feature of thisinvention, and is normally supported in a horizontal frame on the frontof the main frame -1 directly in front of the upper portion of the feedroller 2 and parallel therewith for receiving the articles to be ironedand permitting them to be fed forwardly therefrom into engagementwith'the upper face of the roller --2 which is preferably covered withsuitable fabric for frictionally engaging and feeding the articlesrearwardly and against the front face of the heated ironing member 3. i

In many instances, as for example,

v said roller necessitating stopping of the inachine for unwinding thearticles therefrom and in order that this operation of stripping orunwinding the articles from the roller may be accomplishedmoreconveniently and with greater facility without liability of injury tothe operator, the table is made in sections so that one section may bedisplaced from its normal position for afiording a greater vision of theadjacent portion of the roller and, permitting the articles which areliable to adhere tothe roller to be observed and stripped by hand beforethey become entirely wound upon the roller.

This ability todisplacea portion of the feeding table is bestaccomplished by dividing said table transversely nearer to one end thanto the other end and hinging the two sections together in such mannerthat the longer section may be folded upwardly, forwardly and laterallyto rest flatwise upon the shorter section if desired, some distance toone side of the center of the machine where it is temporarily out of theway of the operator as shown by horizontal dotted lines in Figures 1 and2.

, The shorter section as -6, is preferably secured by any suitablefastening means not necessary to herein illustrate or describe, to theframe of the machine so as to lie in a substantially horizontal planewhile the longer section as --4, is supported along Dividing the feedingtable transversely and diagonally in the manner described, permits thelonger section 6 to be rocked from its normal horizontal positionupwardly and away from the roller 2 so as to leave the major portionofthe roller exposed to the view of the operator particularly whenironing thin flat articles, all of which enables. the operator to stripthese articles from the roller in case they should I tend to windthereon and to allow them to fall into the underlying tray as 8-'.

' lVhat I claim is: In an ironing machine having. atee roller for thearticles to be ironed, a sectional table normally disposed parallel withand adjacent one side of the roller. one of.

the sections being relatively longer than the other section and hingedthereto to swing about an axis diagonal to the axis of the roller.

In witness whereof I have hereunto se my hand this 2nd day of July, 1924MARY E. PORTER. Witnesses: y

H. E. CHAsE; R. CAMPOLIETO. s

